An early 17th century Japanese manuscript, the Sankai Ibutsu (), describes the baku as a shy, Chinese mythical chimera with an elephant ’ s trunk, rhinoceros eyes, an ox tail, and tiger paws, which protected against pestilence and evil, although eating nightmares was not included among its abilities.

However, in a 1791 Japanese wood-block illustration, a specifically dream-destroying baku is depicted with an elephant ’ s head, tusks, and trunk, with horns and tiger ’ s claws.

He is not descriptive, so animals including an elephant, monkeys, a seal, a snake, a kangaroo & joey, and turtles are brought to Jon ’ s house for the reward.

In the nineteenth century the phrase became commonplace, in common use at church bazaars called “ white elephant sales ” where donors could unload unwanted bric-a-brac, generating profit from the phenomenon that one man ’ s trash is another man ’ s treasure.

In general use a “ white elephant ” usually refers to an item that ’ s not useful ( decorative ) but may be expensive and odd.

Doubts have been raised because the Castiglioni brothers also happen to be the two filmmakers who produced five controversial African shockumentaries in the 1970s — including Addio ultimo uomo, Africa ama, and Africa dolce e selvaggia — films in which audiences saw unedited footage of the severing of a penis, the skinning of a human corpse, the deflowering of a girl with a stone phallus, and a group of hunters tearing apart an elephant ’ s carcass.

The Devas lost their strength and powers due to a curse by the sage Durvasa because Indra, the king of the Devas, had insulted the sage ’ s gift ( a garland ) by giving it to his elephant ( Airavata ) which trampled upon it.

He said: “ It ’ s the elephant in the room.

: And Man, whose brain is to the elephant ’ s

Oracle bone script graphs turned 90 degrees: From left, 馬 / 马 mǎ ‘ horse ’, 虎 hǔ ‘ tiger ’, 豕 shĭ ‘ swine ’, 犬 quǎn ‘ dog ’, 鼠 shǔ ‘ rat and mouse ’, 象 xiàng ‘ elephant ’, 豸 zhì ‘ beasts of prey ’, 龜 / 龟 guī ‘ turtle ’, 爿qiáng ‘ low table ’ ( now 床 chuáng ), 為 / 为 wèi ‘ to lead ’ ( now ‘ do or for ’), and 疾 jí ‘ illness.

Kennedy's support of the War in Iraq during the 2006 U. S. Senate race was described as " bold and smart " on Fox News ' Brit Hume Show ( Fox News, Brit Hume Show, 12-27-06 ) and CNN ’ s Anderson Cooper said that " Kennedy doesn't ignore the elephant in the room, to the contrary, he looks it straight in the eye " ( CNN, Anderson Cooper 360 °, 10-25-06 ).

The choice of the elephant as the University ’ s mascot, dubbed Tuffy the Titan, dates to the early 1960s when the campus hosted " The First Intercollegiate Elephant Race in Human History.

Above them an elephant with long flamingo legs, found in other compositions of the period such as Dalí's The Temptations of St. Anthony, carries on its back an obelisk — like Bernini ’ s Elephant and Obelisk in the Piazza Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.

Among the items on display are a check from Dwight D. Eisenhower, written to Carlson in settlement of a friendly bet, several pens used by Lyndon B. Johnson to sign important legislation that Carlson supported, and Carlson ’ s elephant figurine collection.

The first elephant was imported from India to America by a ship ’ s captain, Jacob Crowninshield, in 1796.

In 1834 James and William Howes ’ New York Menagerie toured New England with an elephant, a rhinoceros, a camel, zebra, gnu, two tigers, a polar bear, and several parrots and monkeys.

However, the power of the Buddha ’ s loving-kindness overcame the elephant.

Certain cultures also used elephant figurines to display the animal ’ s importance.

For example, the words ‘ Brand Protect LLP ’ written alongside the firm ’ s distinctive ‘ elephant ’ logo collectively could be described as distinctive, as this combination is unique to this firm.

Male elephant seal s fighting

Khmer armed with war elephant s drove out the Cham ( Asia ) | Cham in the 12th century.

Mahout s washing an elephant, Thrissur, Kerala.

A Elephants in Kerala culture | formation of gold-caparisoned Asian elephant | elephant s at the Thrissur Pooram.

Leptictidium probably resembled today's elephant shrew s.

Among the most recognizable Eurasian species are the woolly mammoth, straight-tusked elephant, aurochs, cave lion, cave bear, Cave hyena, Irish elk, giant polar bears, woolly rhinoceros, Merck ´ s rhinoceros, narrow-nosed rhinoceros, and Elasmotherium.

* Amaranthus gangeticus – elephant head amaranth

For example, the Hindu deity of Ganesh is represented as having the head of the elephant, thereby symbolizing that the fruit of righteous worships is abundance

The Historia Augusta suggests three alternative explanations: that the first Caesar had a thick head of hair ( Latin caesaries ); that he had bright grey eyes ( Latin oculis caesiis ); or that he killed an elephant ( caesai in Moorish ) in battle.

In a 1979 article, California biologist Dennis Power and geographer Donald Johnson claimed that the Surgeon's Photograph was in fact the top of the head, extended trunk and flared nostrils of a swimming elephant, probably photographed elsewhere and claimed to be from Loch Ness.

His heroism costs the elephant two bloody knee wounds, and he accidentally crushes Sandy's shot-off head after it squawks out one final invective.

Variants include having rings along the length of the straight back edge as found in the nine-ring guan dao for use as distractions or entanglements for incoming enemy weapons, having the tip curl into a rounded spiral as in the elephant guan dao, or featuring a more ornate design as exemplified by the dragon head guan dao.

In 1988, an 18-year-old African elephant, Dunda, was subject to controversial training methods which, according to San Diego City Attorney John W. Witt, included " chaining her four feet, hauling her down to her knees and repeatedly smacking her on the top of the head, where the skull is thick, with ax handles and the wooden end of elephant hooks.

Various depictions of Lord Shiva show him in action, such as slaying a demon or dancing on the head of an elephant.

And enjoy he did, traveling around Rome at the head of a lavish parade featuring panthers, jesters, and Hanno, a white elephant.

Pliny the Elder mentions the oryx and an Indian ox ( perhaps a rhinoceros ) as one-horned beasts, as well as " a very fierce animal called the monoceros which has the head of the stag, the feet of the elephant, and the tail of the boar, while the rest of the body is like that of the horse ; it makes a deep lowing noise, and has a single black horn, which projects from the middle of its forehead, two cubits in length.

In Persian mythology, Simurgh ( Persian: سيمرغ, Middle Persian: senmurv ) was a winged creature in the basic shape of a peacock, gigantic enough to carry off an elephant or a whale, but also endued with the head of a dog and the claws of a lion.

Bud Jones Taxidermy and Wildlife Museum-Visit with wildlife from North America and Africa featuring deer, bird, and fossil collections as well as a mounted elephant head.

The head of an elephant statue is also rubbed for good luck ; this act of the people is reflected in the smoothness of the surface of elephant statues here.

Many of the coins produced up to 1699 have an elephant and castle beneath the monarch's head, indicating that the gold was provided by the Africa Company.

Many of the coins produced up to 1694 have an elephant and / or castle beneath the monarch's head, indicating that the gold was provided by the Royal African Company.

A sketch was made of the execution showing the condemned being forced to place his head upon a pedestal, and then being held there while an elephant crushed his head underfoot.

It had " the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur, and a long tail with spears at the end ".

Lovecraft's novel The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, a winged creature called " the Shantak-bird " is described as having " the head of a horse ", also as " big as an elephant " with " scales instead of feathers ".

* 1962: In April near Ucluete a 14 foot long carcass was found with elephant like head.

In some sources, Bahamut is described as having a head resembling a hippopotamus or elephant.